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McCain should stop trumpeting the issues on which he leans leftward, because liberals are still going to vote for the Democrat. Why pick Teddy when you can have Franklin? Instead, McCain should persuade voters that his deal is squarer than his opponent’s. His rhetoric needn’t be ugly, only firm. He also should remind conservatives why he’s worth the vote—he’ll need every one of them in November...
...Proposition 22, a state referendum from 2000 that passed with over 60 percent of the vote, voters chose to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Whether or not one agrees with that definition, the court cannot and should not strike it down without a legitimate reason. The role of the judicial branch in protecting minorities extends only to assuring that their constitutional rights are not violated...
This week I grabbed a few minutes of Senator Ted Kennedy's time on his way for a vote on the Senate floor. I asked him how the presidential candidates who fail in their bid for the White House will handle returning to the Senate - as he did after after his own failed run for the Democratic nomination...
...past, the Catholic Church and other religious groups have succeeded in rallying enough committed opponents to come out and vote against the measures. This year heading up a coalition against the Washington effort is Chris Carlson, a Seattle resident and public relations executive - and a formidable match for Gardner. Carlson also suffers from Parkinson's. And he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2005. "And I'm still around three years later," Carlson says. "But what if I'd been able to give up hope, take my own life too early...
Sometimes, the propaganda appears even more starkly as if coming from a parallel reality. On Thursday, the junta announced the barely credible results of its referendum on a new constitution that would extend its hold on the country. The vote had been held in the cyclone's aftermath. More than 92% of voters supposedly said "yes," with a turnout of 99%. The plebiscite was delayed in Rangoon and the delta, but apparently the junta still expects the region's stricken people to vote on May 24. But the true sentiment of the country cannot be masked by propaganda...